I'm not a fan of having a large array of condiments in the fridge. Firstly because my fridge is so small I cannot afford to take up that much space with irregularly used items. But also so many of them go to waste. Agree? Disagree? Have a think about your own condiment collection - or one you have had (I have been there believe me). As you walk the ...
Recipes
Simple Date And Bran Loaf Recipe
Let me share a bran loaf recipe this Food Waste Friday... Time for a little story... ...the strangest thing happened this week. This blog shared a link to Facebook of a bran loaf recipe I published over 5 years ago. Why strange? Well for 2 reasons: It did it without me being involved at all I was talking about the recipe just a few days ...
Salmon And Sweet Potato Fish Cakes Recipe
Here's a super simple salmon and sweet potato fish cakes recipe that has rescued me from my non-existent meal-planning this week. Monday is the day when the internet comes alive with posts and tags about Meal Plan Monday. I don't do a Meal Plan Monday post. I don't meal plan on a Monday, but on a Friday. Well usually I do, but my Friday routine went ...
How To Make Pizza Vita
Regular readers will know I rarely post on a Saturday, but as I missed my weekly Food Waste Friday slot yesterday I just had to check in. Now you may be wondering why when I had promised a Food Waste Friday linky every week, I didn't honour my word. Too much of this I'd say: We spent the day at a trampoline park and then at the local Bella ...
Love Food Hate Waste | Meaty Issues campaign
This is a sponsored post in support of the very worthwhile campaign 'Meaty Issues' by Love Food Hate Waste. Us Brits are no strangers to using up our leftover turkey. Turkey curry must account for *95% of meals in the UK on Boxing day *totally made up figure with absolutely no statistical data to support the claim :) However the following attention ...
Sweet and Sour Chicken Recipe
It's been a while in the coming, but this is a sweet and sour chicken recipe worth waiting for. I guarantee it. There is never one mouthful left at the end of dinner when this dish is served. Us Wright's like our traditions, and one that began to develop was one of having a Chinese take-away on a Friday evening. It was starting to get a little ...
Spicy Sweet Potato Slow Cooked Soup
Today's recipe was inspired by the sweet potatoes I found in my store-cupboard on Friday. You may have seen my Food Waste Friday post talking about waging a war on waste? I promised to post my No Waste Tastes Great recipe that I planned to rustle up to ensure the sweet potatoes did not go to waste. The idea had been to make a slightly different soup, but I ...
Donald Russell Lamb Casserole Recipe
We've been eating a lot of poultry at Chez Wright. As a choice of meat it definitely has been top of the list recently. But we were getting bored of chicken stew! Then serendipity struck. I'd received an e-mail from Donald Russell (the online butcher) introducing themselves. After serendipity, inspiration struck. Their website has a variety ...
Simple Tiramisu Rice Pudding
It's time for dessert Guys. You may know, if you read my how to make pesto and/or pancetta, butternut & mushroom fusilli recipe posts, that I am entering a competition run by Grana Padano. This is the last recipe, as part of that competition, although either tomorrow (or probably Monday now) there will be a round up of my inspiration behind the ...
Spicy Butternut Squash Soup Save
It's Food Waste Friday Guys! It's my week to host, thanks to Kristen, The Frugal Girl, inviting me to. Each Friday I follow my No Waste Tastes Great routine, photograph my fridge, confess my food waste and celebrate any saves. Simply Being Mum's Friday Fridge A well stocked fridge this Friday. I've been very fortunate, recently, in that I ...